Aeronautics Division

This division is responsible for licensing public airports, monitoring compliance with federal grants and providing flight services for branches of state government. It performs engineering services, aviation planning studies, airport improvement and project design consultation to local airports. It insures the operational safety and efficiency of the state aviation facilities system.

Aeronautical activities impact our lives each and every day. Taking a flight to a distant destination is a small part of the overall activity. Businesses and individuals depend on air cargo and mail. Emergency helicopters get critical patients to hospitals in record time. Agricultural planes are needed for crop dusting and hydroseeding. Another important branch in aviation is forest and powerline patrols. The list of aviation services and jobs go on and on – airline agents, pilots, airport managers, firefighting, etc. It all starts and ends at an airport, from one of the busiest air cargo airports, Memphis International, to one of our 70 plus general aviation airports. Aviation is moving Tennessee forward.